Alexander Quote by Mary Renault

“He stood between death and life as between night and morning, and thought with a soaring rapture, 'I am not afraid.”

— Mary Renault

“About this time he had the sarcophagus and body of Alexander the Great brought forth from its shrine, and after gazing on it, showed…

— Suetonius

“If he had wished, he could have annexed Denmark; and ended a thousand years of war and history. But Charles had no weaknesses; now…

— William Bolitho

“It would change everything, gentlemen. It would shift the entire balance of power in Europe-maybe the world. Alexander conquered half of it. Think what…

— Rick Yancey

“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago.”

— Jake Wood

“Where he (Alexander) came the inhabitants either accepted him with roses and wine, or fought and were beaten. He preferred the latter.”

— William Bolitho

“A tomb now suffices him for whom the world was not enough. [ Alexander's tombstone epitaph ]”

— Alexander the Great

“As to the ancient historians, from Herodotus to Tacitus , we credit them as far as they relate things probable and credible, and no…

— Thomas Paine

“Don Quixote is not an imaginary person; he is as real as Alexander the Great.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory. I am…

— Jacob Abbott

“(Alexander)'Sometimes I forget all this for months on end. Sometimes I think of it day and night. Sometimes I think, unless I find out…

— Mary Renault

“Hephaistion had known for many ages that if a god should offer him one gift in all his lifetime, he would choose this. Joy…

— Mary Renault